A Ghost Called Charlie

from Battery Powered Mystery Action by John Dog

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A Ghost Called Charlie

Charlie The Ghost
He likes to say that he is happiest most
Just floating through the town when the rain is pouring down
Cos being deceased
The rain it doesn't bother him in the least
He says it fills his heart with so much glee to see us clinging to our coats
Charlie the Ghost, a ghost called Charlie

And you know, he can't remember his real name!
'Charlie,' it just had a certain ring
And, you know, he can't remember from whence he came
He used to, but he let it go,
Like he let go of everything

Charlie the ghost
He watched a couple settle down to a roast
He'd soon forget his appetite with the inevitable fight
But there wasn't a fight
They watched the box and went to bed for the night

And so he flew from sea to sea
To find a couple trading blows
Oh, anything at all
Maybe a girl punched in the nose
How he got like this
Well, I doubt if heaven knows
He's Charlie the Ghost
A ghost called Charlie

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from Battery Powered Mystery Action, released February 4, 2011
Performed by John Dog. Piano by Charlie the Ghost

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John Dog is a singer and songwriter from Galway, Ireland. A true believer in the popular song, his own are often wordy, arguably tuneful, occasionally funny, and usually short.

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